I'm worried about scalability. What happens if Wikibooks is invaded by hordes of new people who don't understand what's going on here, and mess it up?

Wikibooks has a large number of dedicated volunteers who welcome newcomers, edit their contributions and point them to appropriate help pages to get them started. Our software maintains a complete history of page revisions, so Wikibookians can quickly undo any accidental (and intentional!) damage. Wikipedia, for example, has been Slashdotted twice, and yet handled the influx of newcomers with no problems.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.